My friend uses her pi as a router, tbh I’m pretty sure that’s why the case has all ports in the back. Gaming specific cases will usually have 1-2 ports up front
@@alvallac2171 Hey at least he used a comma there are some people out there who would have made it a long uninterrupted string of words without any punctuation whatsoever
Considering this comes with a breakout board, they SHOULD have had it break out to full sized HDMI ports. That would have made a lot of sense and is a bit of a missed opportunity there I think.
PPSSPP has some great upscaling options, genuinely looks GREAT if you set HD resolutions with higher frame rates. I don't know how much the RP4 can handle though.
Same with a lot of multi-platform games, like THPS. N64 was just a nasty bowl of soggy textures. The only great titles it had were exclusives, two handfuls at best then a bunch of wrestling games :/
@@DaVidKid1877 thanks for the suggestion! I'll check it out! This would be my first micro computer(?) So I'll have to check out other options! Especially if it's not much difference moneywise
My raspberry pi 4 model b just arrived the morning this video came out. I am still waiting on an SD card for retropie but here's a tip for rpi3 and maybe 4: If you have choppy video go to raspi-config/advanced options/resolution and manually choose one of the options in there. CEA mode 3 or 4 always works best for me.
It was about 30 years ago when I got my first PC! ( *_I got my first "computer" in 1983, the Sinclair ZX81._* ). Looking back, thinking of the specs on my 386 that cost me $1,600 USED, and now looking at the Raspberry Pi 4, I'm just dumbfounded!!!!! WOW, look where we have been!!!! Look where we are!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think about where we'll be in another 30 years!!!!! Well, I'll be pushing up Daisies, but you youngins will have stuff that we can't comprehend at the moment! Think about that! BE READY Youngins, be ready to invest in technology, and get involved with technology! *You'll do well Grasshopper! :)* ...
A lot of people seem to like the Argon, which seems great, but if you're looking for a case that's a little smaller and/or a little cheaper, the Flirc case is a fantastic choice: it passively cools the SoC through the aluminum body really well. I haven't tried RetroPi yet but I run multiple full Linux operating systems on it overclocked, using as a desktop, and it stays well within safe temperature ranges. Thanks for the video John! Great to see more Pi content.
I've been considering picking up a Raspberry Pi for handling the "always on" elements of my network. It's a pretty good little computer and the hooking it up to the TV for a more lightweight solution than a full PC when it comes to handling media and emulation as well. A project I should look into a bit more.
They use under 10 watts, and are fully capable of being used as a desktop, although web browsing is a little painful but only because web browsers are so bloated. I'd recommend a FLIRC case - the entire case is the heat sink. It's impossible to over-heat them. I'd also recommend at least 2GB, but you can get by with 1GB. I did ffmpeg transcoding of bunch of 720p files on my pi just to test it, the case got toasty, but you could handle it. I think 54C was max. You need more than 1GB to transcode files over 720p, probably 4. You really don't want to do transcoding on a PI, but it's interesting it can do it.
Upon finally getting my hands on this POS I have to change my mind it absolutely SUCKS the emulation is still complete trash on the PI , I get better emulation on my 2015 fire 7 tablet that I paid $20 for 7 years ago and that has a screen and battery ( also comes with a housing and a power supply/charger too) even N64 SUCKS on the pi4 and the fire 7 kicks its ass maybe next time Eben this board is still just as useless as the first one.
@@andreamitchell4758 How much ram did you get? I imagine 1gb wouldn't be that great for emulating, 2gb could handle it better overclocked (like the vid mentioned) but I think 4gb would be ideal
@@711_skiddlz I got 2GB I just recently got the official power supply which has definitely helped things I think but I need to do more testing , but before I was using a power supply that was up to spec , Huawei nexus 6p charger that uses a C to C cable it seemed to work , no complaints about low power but a lot of the time the wifi was not working and on some boots there would be no sound now that I have the official power supply so far the wifi has been working but I need to do more reboots, now that I have the official power supply I will try overclocking to see if I get better n64 performance
I just picked one of these up so I can build an open source firewall / DNS sinkhole with pfsense, which I plan to run 24/7 on my home network. I would recommend the flirc cases. They're a really nice all metal design, and if you really still wanted access to the GPIO pins you can solder on a ribbon cable, the case has room to feed it through. The flirc case on the 3 was really nice, too. Also the perfect case if you don't plan to use GPIO pins as well. Also, I know this information is hard to find, but if you're looking for heatsinks try to find these sizes: CPU: 14mm x 14mm x 4mm GPU: 15mm x 10mm x 4mm USB Controller: 9mm x 9mm x 4mm Ethernet Controller: 7mm x 7mm x 4mm
Just a suggestion, in case you didn't, you will want to overclock the memory as well. When you overclock your GPU, it's severely limited by the frequency of the ram because it's a shared pool with the CPU.
Even ps2 emulation on a PC is not stable. There's lots of games that haven't been able to be emulated to its fullest. For example Hot Shots Golf Fore. Your expectations are very far away with the pi4. Like others mentioned look for a GPD Win Max, or an used laptop.
@@gustavosoto4607 that's not a "portable" solution. Honestly though, snapdragon is powerful a lot or maybe amd cpu but only as a console, no keyboard...
Gustavo Soto Peralta why is ps2 emulation such a difficult thing even on PC? I knew the PS3 is hard af to emulate but I didn’t know the ps2 had the same problem is it because of the unique internal architecture in comparison to other systems?
I was thinking the same, just 3D print some case with vents for cooling then he says the case is made of aluminum and the whole case is used for cooling, the only thing cooler would be if it were aerospace aluminum.
Retro pie is out but keep in mind it's still being worked on, the video drivers need work, and they can get more performance out of the pie4 then they are getting now
Wow. Can’t believe those massive Dreamcast & N64 boxes can simply be reinvigorated with this small PCB board. But supporting hardware to get it up and running should be interesting.
Watch out for older variants. Revision 1.2 came out around Dec 2019 and that revision would give the user the option to use a power through put usc-c hub to both power the pi and to use for data transfer. There is no visible way for your device to be known to be an older model until you boot it up and look. Sadly the manufacturer is 100% to blame as you may have been solda defective product...and they truly didn't care, but instead took measures to hide this fact which can cause damage to to the unit in older revisions. But can do damage to whatever it is plugged into or has into it. Possibly even a fire, depending on usage.
Ok so I have no clue about any of this, i got one for Christmas, I think it’s the Raspberry Pi Retro Pi Emulation Station. I’m mostly just trying to figure out if and how I can emulate DS games.
@@Slender_Man_186 My comment was a year ago and I don't usually go that far back to understand what I was talking about. But I can tell you that without knowing what device you have specifically. Nobody will help you. There are to many combinations to randomly give advice. So make a video and show any names or numbers etc. Describing it may help. Where you bought it and does it still have an active site, like an amazon page? I'm not an expert either. But it doesn't hurt me to look up something if you provide more info. Take into consideration, Pi machines are hobby computers. Its not a typical windows computer. Everything is an uphill battle. So you learning is more applicable to use it the way you want to.
Just got the newest 64gb microsd image off of arcade punks with the official retropie yesterday... dreamcast is running a lot better on pi4 now, was having a few issues with the unofficial builds.
Why is the audio skipping like crazy on the N64 games? Seems to be playing fine but the audio was fuzzed up. Is there certain core I need to use for them?
Hey dude. I’m brand new to trying to acquire roms to transfer to an emulator. I figured my best bet was to surf the comments and ask around, considering I’ve had trouble getting straight forward info on where to get them. A little point in the right direction would be much appreciated..cheers.
@@ryangiesbers I imagine searching "n64 roms" or "ps1 roms" would yield some results but coolroms is where I got roms in the past I just don't know if it's been shut down since
That would be nice, but personally I would love to see a mini Game Gear with built in Master System games as well with the same curves as the Game Gear, just slimmer, and a rechargeable battery, and not shaped like the ugly AF AT@Games SEGA Portables where.
Hey spawn wave if your well within your 15 or 30 days u should exchange that one. It’s version 1.1 of the raspberry pi 4 1.2 has all the fixes and fixes the usb c issue
Odroid XU4 still stomps the pi4 for every game emulator you mentioned here. Why not test and compare. I'm sure your audience would love to see the comparison.
You already have a computer depending on what phone you have I have the note 9 I can play anything from nes to ps2 on my phone I can play God of war at 2k resolution with no lag I can play 3ds roms as well I can play any gamecube and wii games
I use MiSTer for most of my retro gaming pre fifth gen, but for everything after, ODEs on original hardware are my go to. Pi 4 is certainly way easier on the wallet though. not just in initial price but also in electric bill!
I recommend setting your hdmi output to 82 to have 1080p. This way, N64 games are more than playable (tested with Batocera on Golden Eye, default clock settings).
Hey dude. I’m brand new to trying to acquire roms to transfer to an emulator. I figured my best bet was to surf the comments and ask around, considering I’ve had trouble getting straight forward info on where to get them. A little point in the right direction would be much appreciated..cheers.
N64 performance is pure trash and I am also using it with Batocera, , it is not even worth using at all it is so bad and this is with a pre made image from someone who claims to be a professional at setting up these OS's on these things, I can not even believe just how bad the pi 4 is a t EVERYTHING I have a 7 year old amazon fire 7 I got for $20 on sale and it blows the pi 4 out of the water this is one of the WORST devices I have ever used for N64 emulation I haven't even bothered to try DC or PSP , I can play mystical ninja on my 2015 fire 7 no problem , with the pi 4 it crashes the whole system and needs to be rebooted , other games all run pretty trash too I waited till it was out over a year ,people said oh there are finally good emulators for it now BULLSHIT , it's hot garbage , and the WIFI is trash too like every other pi not worth the time effort or money
I was running _Metal Gear Solid & GranTurismo 2_ (PlayStation 1), _Mario Kart 64_ (Nintendo 64), without problems on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ back in like 2018… (but _Mario Kart 64_ was the only N64 game I got to run cleanly) Metal Gear Solid run over Retro Pi actually opened up some things that I was never able to experience while running on my Sony Playstation 1 _(SCPH-1001 model),_ it allowed you to run GameShark & with the help of GameShark you could get the Stealth Camouflage item & you could make it so none of the guards could ever detect you…it’s pretty cool…
I've been interested in upgrading to a Pi 4, so I'm happy to hear the emulation for consoles that the previous Pi couldn't handle is coming along well. I'll probably wait until N64 emulation is better, but by then hopefully the price for the hardware has dropped a little more.
Yeah disappointed that n64 emulation is so crummy -- Dreamcast is a more advanced system! Many n64 games are just unplayable on my Pi 3B+ and I've just started exploring options to optimize by tweaking settings, overclocking, etc. I haven't exhausted options with the 3B+ yet, but after seeing only limited gains so far, I had considered upgrading to a 4 -- this is telling me to hold off.
The reason why the N64 versions are poor (ie requiring brute force power to emulate) is because the N64 hardware itself was poorly designed (a sign of stressed product rushed to market), most emulators particularly with protected IPs are reverse engineered and N64 has been notoriously complicated to figure out.
My friend is a software engineer. He told me just this weekend that he helped contribute to and review the code of DamonPS2 abs then decided to describe to me the work that had to be done and what he contributed. It’s all very technical but it basically boils down to our technology being so good they they actually have to change code to constrain hardware power in order for things to run properly. The guy has been trying to get me into coding for a couple years now and he always teaches me something about it, he does mentoring for some online coding school and I’m just a practice board lol. I ask good questions.
I like the styling on the case. It looks like a Cybertruck. At first, I wondered what the Sidecar board was for, but then you explained it nicely. Turns the ports 90° so they go out the back. Well done! My go-to game, my reason for existing, is Mario Kart 64. Any idea how that runs? P.S. Thank you! Nice to hear it runs quiet, as I am autistic and that is an issue for me.
The retroflag nespi case is probably my favorite. Front usb, ssd tray and it looks like a cute little mini nes. Inferior cooling compared to this but not enough to worry about or come anywhere near the throttle point while OC'd.
I wonder with all the Nintendo 64/Wii leaks, the N64 emulation will finally be solved..It's weird that PS1 and PSP games run perfect but an older system like N64 has always struggled on emulating.
N64, and ps2 were both very complicated systems that developers had a hard time getting good performance natively. Bring that over to emulation and it becomes 10x as hard.
@@EchoWinters Yep, it's because those systems were poorly designed, the more poorly constructed the architecture is, the more difficult the game programming and emulation becomes. The only difference is, the Ps2 (and 3) were intentionally designed that way, which is sad on Ken Kutaragi's part. A balanced, efficient system motherboard/chipset is always superior like the Ps1, Dreamcast, Gamecube and their emulation reflects that.
Good stuff Spawn! This is what makes you Spawn Wave! I'm thinking about doing this for the GBA myself! ETA Prime is a great channel as well! 👌 Good shout out!
Oh, how far we have come in only three years. I’m sitting here with my Retroid pocket 3+ (a tiny handheld) playing Dreamcast at 1440 P and PS2 games at 2X resolution
Do you recommend the starter kit for this or getting the 4 gig one with the case you got and over clock it? I wanna buy it but have to through amazon cuz best buy has the 2gb only
@@oscarcamey8 remember most of these retro consoles had memory in the MBs. Obviously you need to consider the Raspbian OS and retropie app running but still 1GB is plenty but 2GB gives a nice safety margin and doesn't cost much more.
A little while back I bought the Raspberry Pi 3 model B+ I think that was the full title and I got it set up to run retropie. Very easy to do as there are many good tutorials online so anyone can do it if they put their mind to it. Even though mine came with heatsinks, the processor gets VERY hot so just don't put your finger near the processor after playing games even for 30 mins.
@@formerlycringe Actually it had 3 CPUs and 2 GPUs. It used quads as primitives instead of triangles and had other weird architectural choices. The 3D capabilities were an afterthought as Sega still believed 2D games were the future.
Nice TechWave video Jon(SW). The Raspberry Pi 4 is an awesome piece of Kit. You can do so much with this little Monster of a Machine and the Price is Top Notch aswell.
@@SpawnWave Theoretically you could run Dolphin on a RPI, provided you install a 64-bit version (Arm8) of it, and create a target for it (enable JIT for ARM64).
So sounds like getting the 4 is pretty much a must for retro game builds? I have a pandoras box which is fun but I feel like I'm missing a lot of good stuff
Same with more Sega cd games. I know they have night trap and double switch but id love snatcher sonic cd, and popful mail. Hell even bug blasters. It's a guilty pleasure. Lol
Nintendo sega and a bunch of devs "dont like money". The switch is a letdown and an accomplishment at the same time. My wiiu has way more content on it than is even possible to obtain on the more " elite" switch Cant even send a message to tbe people on your friends list on switch smh
Sai Yan are you sure that you think the Switch is amazing? Because it doesn’t really sound like that’s what you feel haha Well, sorry to hear you’re having such a lackluster time with it, but I guess not everyone is gonna have the same experience with a console 🤷♂️
@@Metalpug79 i do like it. You can like something but still realize they arent trying that hard.its the only "current gen" console i use. Its like year 3 or 4 i think, and a lot hasnt been done. The success is causing them to get comfortable in my opinion. You cant tell me this thing is better than wiiu in terms of amount of content. I can turn on my wiiu and access all the classics almost for example. Its 2020 theres certain things that should just be expected at this point.
I'm wondering how Retropi handles this, thanks i haven't looked into this for years. Recently homebrewed my WiiU and have to say this is the ultimate emulator console
@@niespeludo I haven't tried arcade emulation on my Switch, but I have tried emulating Dreamcast games, starting with MvC2, and the only way I could get a playable framerate (which still stuttered and shit) was by overclocking my Switch to max performance settings. I have started playing through Persona 3 Portable on PPSSPP though, and lemme tell you, it runs like a dream.
I've been running RetroPi few a few days now and he's right - the Pi4 is an absolute monster. My only issue is that I need to keep it on a small desktop fan to keep it cool, as I'm running it OC'd to 2.1Ghz. GoldenEye and DK64 are known to be headaches to emulate on any hardware.
it's garbage , any cheap S905 android box is much better and my 2015 fire 7 is much better too N64 sucks on this device something a seven year old $20 fire tablet handles with no problem the Pi is just useless , trash WIFI , can't even emulate N64 , over priced since I can get a tablet or 4k fire stick for half the price on BF or prime day , no EMMC so your image will get corrupted even with the buggy unreliable shut down scripts they're on number 4 and it's still just a meme , don't even bother wasting your time with this garbage I have about 20 other much cheaper devices that burry this POS and that is before buying the case and power supply and storage you end up spending over $100 and still get piss poor performance that can't even rival a 7 year old device that you could get on sale for $20 SEVEN YEARS AGO! (grant it I know amazon only sells it so cheap because they expect you to buy their content but still) , FFS Eben get it together.
good luck with input lag. Old school games that need precise and lightning fast input are terrible with the rpie. I tried to use for my mame cabinet and had to go with a small form factor PC because the input lag was terrible with a rasberry pi.
@@steelcityhero1994 I mean completely up to you. If you think you may use it for something else then totally get the more memory but for me I would rather use the saved money for a case or something. Also remember that you need the 64 bit version of the OS and it was having issues with some things I don't know if it's super stable right now
Diggin the case might get this one for my project. Awesome vid as always Spawn. I would just make the back the front since the power button is there anyways.
AppleToaster my bad man so you speak Spanish and English? Hola mi amigo, como estas, buenos noches, I’m chinese I don’t speak much Chinese but I know English and I know some Spanish learning it rn
The raspberry pi 4 with retropie is a work in progress. I have a kit running retropie and emulation station. If you are running hardwired controllers to the usb ports then this thing works great. I found with the new retropie for raspberry pi 4 is buggy in the bluetooth department. I purchased some wireless bluetooth pi game pads, the 8con bluetooth. One controller will not connect, the other does but it causes the pie to lock up on black screen for about 2 minutes when launching a game. After it launches it works. No issues with wired controllers. I cant wait till the get all the bugs worked out.
That case makes it look like a high end router.
@@Matanumi Yes, I do know you actually can turn a Pi into a router. =)
My friend uses her pi as a router, tbh I’m pretty sure that’s why the case has all ports in the back. Gaming specific cases will usually have 1-2 ports up front
Not without an excessive amount of antenna lol
Or a kickstarter console. Except you get more legitimate gaming out of a Raspberry Pi 4 than most kickstarter consoles. lolcolecochameleon
I was going for a case of shotgun shells.
I have been waiting for the community to catch up. Picking one of these up now for my arcade cabinet! Thanks!
I like the daughterboard included with the case, moving all the jacks to the same side is a great idea.
It would be even better if it adapted at least one of the HDMI ports to a full-size one for convenience. I wonder why they didn't think of that.
*case. Moving (to fix your comma splice run-on)
@@alvallac2171 Hey at least he used a comma there are some people out there who would have made it a long uninterrupted string of words without any punctuation whatsoever
this is youtube not school......
@@SteelSkin667 loool
CLICKBAIT, there was no raspberry pies in this video
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Beautiful. Just beatiful.
the pie is a lie
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@@inputfunny whoosh
Considering this comes with a breakout board, they SHOULD have had it break out to full sized HDMI ports. That would have made a lot of sense and is a bit of a missed opportunity there I think.
The V2 of the board does just that and omits the composite video output.
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@@gabrielbarbosa2111 Are you having a stroke there hand?
PPSSPP has some great upscaling options, genuinely looks GREAT if you set HD resolutions with higher frame rates. I don't know how much the RP4 can handle though.
Can't wait for them to drop a Wii/PS3 level computer for 2 bucks in 5 months
Wii and PS3 aren't really comparable. 😅
@@Balthazar2242 still
I'm not sure but I think I saw an NUC 11 emulate a ps3 , and im sure it was able to emulate a wii
Doesn't it already have much betyer rsm that that generation? If they did a version with gpu like the jetson nano it would be possible
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"The PS1 version is the one pretty much everyone played"
*Cries in N64*
I just dusted off my N64 and tried playing Jet Force Gemini on a 55" HD tv. The resolution said no.
PS1 had music, the N64 had what snippets of songs and not even the full library.
@@Loundsify I actually don't remember, haven't played it on N64 since I was a kid
@@Loundsify super compressed snippets, at that
It was bad
Same with a lot of multi-platform games, like THPS. N64 was just a nasty bowl of soggy textures. The only great titles it had were exclusives, two handfuls at best then a bunch of wrestling games :/
This is spooky, SpawnWave, I was literally just debating last night whether to buy raspberry pi. And this video comes out today!
It's a sign!
Dude buy a odroid xu4 its way better and still runs retropie. eBay has fully loaded systems.
@@DaVidKid1877
Yeah, but not everyone has the money for an Odroid vs a Raspberry Pi 4
It is only 15 dollars more, and well worth the extra 15 bucks.
@@DaVidKid1877 thanks for the suggestion! I'll check it out! This would be my first micro computer(?) So I'll have to check out other options! Especially if it's not much difference moneywise
My raspberry pi 4 model b just arrived the morning this video came out. I am still waiting on an SD card for retropie but here's a tip for rpi3 and maybe 4: If you have choppy video go to raspi-config/advanced options/resolution and manually choose one of the options in there. CEA mode 3 or 4 always works best for me.
Your light location makes your eyes look terrifying.
Happened with the previous tear down as well but fsr no one (at least I saw no top comments mentioning it) talked about it.
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TREYTREY WE LOVE U
he looks sad
It makes him look like a Sith.
Still looks awesome, terrifying yes, but awesome
It was about 30 years ago when I got my first PC! ( *_I got my first "computer" in 1983, the Sinclair ZX81._* ).
Looking back, thinking of the specs on my 386 that cost me $1,600 USED, and now looking at the Raspberry
Pi 4, I'm just dumbfounded!!!!! WOW, look where we have been!!!! Look where we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Think about where we'll be in another 30 years!!!!! Well, I'll be pushing up Daisies, but you youngins will have
stuff that we can't comprehend at the moment! Think about that! BE READY Youngins, be ready to invest in
technology, and get involved with technology!
*You'll do well Grasshopper! :)*
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A lot of people seem to like the Argon, which seems great, but if you're looking for a case that's a little smaller and/or a little cheaper, the Flirc case is a fantastic choice: it passively cools the SoC through the aluminum body really well. I haven't tried RetroPi yet but I run multiple full Linux operating systems on it overclocked, using as a desktop, and it stays well within safe temperature ranges.
Thanks for the video John! Great to see more Pi content.
just bought this kit. I was tired of my old rpi1.
The moment Raspberry gets good PS2 emulation is going to be a gamechanger for me
I'm just waiting for it to be able to run 3DO, Sega Dreamcast, and Atari Jaguar.
Been playing redream on my cellphone, it's a great emulator.
I've been considering picking up a Raspberry Pi for handling the "always on" elements of my network. It's a pretty good little computer and the hooking it up to the TV for a more lightweight solution than a full PC when it comes to handling media and emulation as well. A project I should look into a bit more.
They use under 10 watts, and are fully capable of being used as a desktop, although web browsing is a little painful but only because web browsers are so bloated.
I'd recommend a FLIRC case - the entire case is the heat sink. It's impossible to over-heat them.
I'd also recommend at least 2GB, but you can get by with 1GB. I did ffmpeg transcoding of bunch of 720p files on my pi just to test it, the case got toasty, but you could handle it. I think 54C was max. You need more than 1GB to transcode files over 720p, probably 4. You really don't want to do transcoding on a PI, but it's interesting it can do it.
I have paced the room in contemplation. You have sold it to me. THANKS!
i will say it is impressive to see redream and ppsspp running so well on a broadcom chipset
Upon finally getting my hands on this POS I have to change my mind it absolutely SUCKS
the emulation is still complete trash on the PI , I get better emulation on my 2015 fire 7 tablet that I paid $20 for 7 years ago and that has a screen and battery ( also comes with a housing and a power supply/charger too) even N64 SUCKS on the pi4 and the fire 7 kicks its ass
maybe next time Eben this board is still just as useless as the first one.
@@andreamitchell4758 How much ram did you get? I imagine 1gb wouldn't be that great for emulating, 2gb could handle it better overclocked (like the vid mentioned) but I think 4gb would be ideal
@@711_skiddlz I got 2GB
I just recently got the official power supply which has definitely helped things I think
but I need to do more testing , but before I was using a power supply that was up to spec , Huawei nexus 6p charger
that uses a C to C cable
it seemed to work , no complaints about low power but a lot of the time the wifi was not working and on some boots there would be no sound
now that I have the official power supply so far the wifi has been working but I need to do more reboots, now that I have the official power supply I will try overclocking to see if I get better n64 performance
I appreciate that you detail the specs, pointing to the related areas! It's like watching a HSN hand model for technology!
I just picked one of these up so I can build an open source firewall / DNS sinkhole with pfsense, which I plan to run 24/7 on my home network. I would recommend the flirc cases. They're a really nice all metal design, and if you really still wanted access to the GPIO pins you can solder on a ribbon cable, the case has room to feed it through. The flirc case on the 3 was really nice, too. Also the perfect case if you don't plan to use GPIO pins as well.
Also, I know this information is hard to find, but if you're looking for heatsinks try to find these sizes:
CPU: 14mm x 14mm x 4mm
GPU: 15mm x 10mm x 4mm
USB Controller: 9mm x 9mm x 4mm
Ethernet Controller: 7mm x 7mm x 4mm
Just a suggestion, in case you didn't, you will want to overclock the memory as well. When you overclock your GPU, it's severely limited by the frequency of the ram because it's a shared pool with the CPU.
5:35 reminds me of the SA2 chao lobby. Shouts out to all the sonic fans out there
Love the ETA Prime shout-out! Watch his channel a lot for tutorials.
He's the go to dude when it comes to emulation devices
@@5.0truck One of them.
I am so happy to be subscribed to you for all these years . We grew up together in the same school btw . Youre awesome !
"The Raspberry Pi 4 Is A Gaming Beast"
*proceeds to play PSP*
Well, at he isn't playing a Jaguar CD. "Where did YOU learn to Pi?" 😁
Sadly still can't do ps2 emulation.... I wish it could so I can make ps2 handheld
Check out the gpd win max it can play ps2 portable but the price is on the high side
Even ps2 emulation on a PC is not stable. There's lots of games that haven't been able to be emulated to its fullest. For example Hot Shots Golf Fore.
Your expectations are very far away with the pi4. Like others mentioned look for a GPD Win Max, or an used laptop.
It's called a Playstation Vita. It can emulate PS2. There's videos on RUclips on how to jailbreak it and install emulators on it
@@gustavosoto4607 that's not a "portable" solution. Honestly though, snapdragon is powerful a lot or maybe amd cpu but only as a console, no keyboard...
Gustavo Soto Peralta why is ps2 emulation such a difficult thing even on PC? I knew the PS3 is hard af to emulate but I didn’t know the ps2 had the same problem is it because of the unique internal architecture in comparison to other systems?
Me: meh I can just 3D print a case
That case : I am full alluminium
Me: get on my pc and ordered one
I was thinking the same, just 3D print some case with vents for cooling then he says the case is made of aluminum and the whole case is used for cooling, the only thing cooler would be if it were aerospace aluminum.
I love the amount of details about the Raspberry Pi is in this video. Fantastic.
Dreamcast still has my favorite startup music ever. I couldnt stop playing when I got one. Code veronica
I'm happy with my playstation classic which can play dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PSP,and DS games fairly well.
Now all we need is the Gamecube on Pi and it’s game over
Appreciate your time and effort on this video. It was easy to follow and had some good information in it!
Retro pie is out but keep in mind it's still being worked on, the video drivers need work, and they can get more performance out of the pie4 then they are getting now
Wow. Can’t believe those massive Dreamcast & N64 boxes can simply be reinvigorated with this small PCB board. But supporting hardware to get it up and running should be interesting.
Watch out for older variants. Revision 1.2 came out around Dec 2019 and that revision would give the user the option to use a power through put usc-c hub to both power the pi and to use for data transfer. There is no visible way for your device to be known to be an older model until you boot it up and look. Sadly the manufacturer is 100% to blame as you may have been solda defective product...and they truly didn't care, but instead took measures to hide this fact which can cause damage to to the unit in older revisions. But can do damage to whatever it is plugged into or has into it. Possibly even a fire, depending on usage.
Ok so I have no clue about any of this, i got one for Christmas, I think it’s the Raspberry Pi Retro Pi Emulation Station. I’m mostly just trying to figure out if and how I can emulate DS games.
@@Slender_Man_186
My comment was a year ago and I don't usually go that far back to understand what I was talking about. But I can tell you that
without knowing what device you have specifically. Nobody will help you. There are to many combinations to randomly give advice. So make a video and show any names or numbers etc. Describing it may help. Where you bought it and does it still have an active site, like an amazon page? I'm not an expert either. But it doesn't hurt me to look up something if you provide more info. Take into consideration, Pi machines are hobby computers. Its not a typical windows computer. Everything is an uphill battle. So you learning is more applicable to use it the way you want to.
Where did you get your SD card with the games?
Just got the newest 64gb microsd image off of arcade punks with the official retropie yesterday... dreamcast is running a lot better on pi4 now, was having a few issues with the unofficial builds.
Wolfanoz 64gb image to be exact
Why is the audio skipping like crazy on the N64 games? Seems to be playing fine but the audio was fuzzed up. Is there certain core I need to use for them?
Extremely nice form factor and information delivery. Well done.
Bruh, I literally just finished up installing Retropie on my Pi 4. I even have the same Argon One case.
Watch RUclips with the pi
Hey dude. I’m brand new to trying to acquire roms to transfer to an emulator. I figured my best bet was to surf the comments and ask around, considering I’ve had trouble getting straight forward info on where to get them. A little point in the right direction would be much appreciated..cheers.
@@ryangiesbers I imagine searching "n64 roms" or "ps1 roms" would yield some results but coolroms is where I got roms in the past I just don't know if it's been shut down since
I like how frinedly you are and how many random shoutouts you give!!
Been following ETA PRIME for years that man is literally THE G.O.A.T !!!!!!!!
I just bought a 4Gb Pi 4 with the same case. Funny how this video shows up now in my recommended. Can't wait until it gets here!
Looking forward to the day where Sega makes the DreamCast Mini a thing
That would be nice, but personally I would love to see a mini Game Gear with built in Master System games as well with the same curves as the Game Gear, just slimmer, and a rechargeable battery, and not shaped like the ugly AF AT@Games SEGA Portables where.
@@CommodoreFan64 A Master System Mini would be great
Now Game Gear? That would be my jam
One can only hope for Saturn, but that requires Black Magic
@@RiderNexus Yeah SEGA Saturn would be awesome, but some black magic indeed would be needed to bring that back.
It's called the Odroid xu4. Dreamcast plays like a dream on that and yes pun intended lol.
If so they need to put in MVC2 on it, because with how pricey buying a dreamcast (perfect port) version of it
I got sucked in. I thought that won’t work. I was pleasantly surprised. Good stuff.
This in a arcade 1 up is going to be sick.
0:01 the shaking of the products…
Can we all just please take a second or two to appreciate this man's beard.
No
Hey spawn wave if your well within your 15 or 30 days u should exchange that one. It’s version 1.1 of the raspberry pi 4 1.2 has all the fixes and fixes the usb c issue
Odroid XU4 still stomps the pi4 for every game emulator you mentioned here. Why not test and compare. I'm sure your audience would love to see the comparison.
Please and Thank you. Definitely
Hell yeah that's all I use lol.
Isn't the XU4 like 5 times more expensive?
@@bmx7596 4
If you're looking in the same price range the Atomic pi will crap on the pi 4. It's x86 so you can install whatever you want.
Love that he got a kit that didn't upsize the hdmi ports but the case in the links does XD
Yeah these always sounded great. When I get a computer I'll definitely do emulators. Sounds amazing
You already have a computer depending on what phone you have I have the note 9 I can play anything from nes to ps2 on my phone I can play God of war at 2k resolution with no lag I can play 3ds roms as well I can play any gamecube and wii games
Preston Gower it’s not exactly ideal though on a phone
@@Bruh-vr4ew yeah I found playing anything on a phone to just be bad. That's just my personal experience though.
@@luissantiago5163 even when they run perfectly, I just don't like not having buttons.
Games like Kirby canvas curse are great on a phone though
@@harrylane4 that's why you go get a bluetooth controller I have the 8bitdo controller I can hold my note 9 and the controller at the same time
love the video, you got yourself another subscriber. Ive been doing a lot of cabinet mods with pi's so your videos are very helpful.
I use MiSTer for most of my retro gaming pre fifth gen, but for everything after, ODEs on original hardware are my go to. Pi 4 is certainly way easier on the wallet though. not just in initial price but also in electric bill!
Thank you for referencing all these numbers and statistics without showing any. Lovely.
I recommend setting your hdmi output to 82 to have 1080p. This way, N64 games are more than playable (tested with Batocera on Golden Eye, default clock settings).
Hey dude. I’m brand new to trying to acquire roms to transfer to an emulator. I figured my best bet was to surf the comments and ask around, considering I’ve had trouble getting straight forward info on where to get them. A little point in the right direction would be much appreciated..cheers.
N64 performance is pure trash
and I am also using it with Batocera, , it is not even worth using at all it is so bad
and this is with a pre made image from someone who claims to be a professional at setting up these OS's on these things, I can not even believe just how bad the pi 4 is a t EVERYTHING
I have a 7 year old amazon fire 7 I got for $20 on sale and it blows the pi 4 out of the water
this is one of the WORST devices I have ever used for N64 emulation I haven't even bothered to try DC or PSP , I can play mystical ninja on my 2015 fire 7 no problem , with the pi 4 it crashes the whole system and needs to be rebooted , other games all run pretty trash too
I waited till it was out over a year ,people said oh there are finally good emulators for it now BULLSHIT , it's hot garbage , and the WIFI is trash too like every other pi
not worth the time effort or money
I was running _Metal Gear Solid & GranTurismo 2_ (PlayStation 1), _Mario Kart 64_ (Nintendo 64), without problems on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ back in like 2018… (but _Mario Kart 64_ was the only N64 game I got to run cleanly) Metal Gear Solid run over Retro Pi actually opened up some things that I was never able to experience while running on my Sony Playstation 1 _(SCPH-1001 model),_ it allowed you to run GameShark & with the help of GameShark you could get the Stealth Camouflage item & you could make it so none of the guards could ever detect you…it’s pretty cool…
5:32 Spawn is a sith lord
nice ;-)
Darth spawn the powerful
The Argon case is nice, but i feel like they missed the mark on that media "riser board", it could have had a full size hdmi out, front usb, audio...
Agreed, the micro HDMI is annoying.
I've been interested in upgrading to a Pi 4, so I'm happy to hear the emulation for consoles that the previous Pi couldn't handle is coming along well. I'll probably wait until N64 emulation is better, but by then hopefully the price for the hardware has dropped a little more.
Yeah disappointed that n64 emulation is so crummy -- Dreamcast is a more advanced system! Many n64 games are just unplayable on my Pi 3B+ and I've just started exploring options to optimize by tweaking settings, overclocking, etc. I haven't exhausted options with the 3B+ yet, but after seeing only limited gains so far, I had considered upgrading to a 4 -- this is telling me to hold off.
The reason why the N64 versions are poor (ie requiring brute force power to emulate) is because the N64 hardware itself was poorly designed (a sign of stressed product rushed to market), most emulators particularly with protected IPs are reverse engineered and N64 has been notoriously complicated to figure out.
My friend is a software engineer. He told me just this weekend that he helped contribute to and review the code of DamonPS2 abs then decided to describe to me the work that had to be done and what he contributed.
It’s all very technical but it basically boils down to our technology being so good they they actually have to change code to constrain hardware power in order for things to run properly.
The guy has been trying to get me into coding for a couple years now and he always teaches me something about it, he does mentoring for some online coding school and I’m just a practice board lol. I ask good questions.
I like the styling on the case. It looks like a Cybertruck. At first, I wondered what the Sidecar board was for, but then you explained it nicely. Turns the ports 90° so they go out the back. Well done! My go-to game, my reason for existing, is Mario Kart 64. Any idea how that runs? P.S. Thank you! Nice to hear it runs quiet, as I am autistic and that is an issue for me.
Awesome video buddy
The retroflag nespi case is probably my favorite. Front usb, ssd tray and it looks like a cute little mini nes. Inferior cooling compared to this but not enough to worry about or come anywhere near the throttle point while OC'd.
Very powerful retroconsole 👏
fantastic case...but why didn't they convert the micro HDMI to full size?????
I’ll be the one to say it: As of when I’m typing this, Spawn Wave has 420K subscribers.
429k* now anyways
That case is...rad as hell
Virtualman 512GB is the image of all images!
Liking the new background
Feels fresher
I wonder with all the Nintendo 64/Wii leaks, the N64 emulation will finally be solved..It's weird that PS1 and PSP games run perfect but an older system like N64 has always struggled on emulating.
N64, and ps2 were both very complicated systems that developers had a hard time getting good performance natively. Bring that over to emulation and it becomes 10x as hard.
@@EchoWinters Yep, it's because those systems were poorly designed, the more poorly constructed the architecture is, the more difficult the game programming and emulation becomes. The only difference is, the Ps2 (and 3) were intentionally designed that way, which is sad on Ken Kutaragi's part. A balanced, efficient system motherboard/chipset is always superior like the Ps1, Dreamcast, Gamecube and their emulation reflects that.
Good stuff Spawn! This is what makes you Spawn Wave! I'm thinking about doing this for the GBA myself! ETA Prime is a great channel as well! 👌 Good shout out!
He turned a broken DS into gba imma try that
I want to see cyberpunk 2077 on this thing 😂
Oh, how far we have come in only three years. I’m sitting here with my Retroid pocket 3+ (a tiny handheld) playing Dreamcast at 1440 P and PS2 games at 2X resolution
Do you recommend the starter kit for this or getting the 4 gig one with the case you got and over clock it? I wanna buy it but have to through amazon cuz best buy has the 2gb only
I doubt anything in retropie would use 4GB worth of memory!! 2GB is more than enough.
@@suburbia2050 thank you! I appreciate the reply
@@oscarcamey8 remember most of these retro consoles had memory in the MBs. Obviously you need to consider the Raspbian OS and retropie app running but still 1GB is plenty but 2GB gives a nice safety margin and doesn't cost much more.
Just an FYI, the cheapest Pi 4 model is the 2GB (the 1GB has been discontinued) at $35. The 4GB is $55
Well my jailbroken backwards compatible ps3 is a beast and I'm surprised is still working on me lol.
Lucky you
Weird flex, but okay.
My bc ps3 has ylod
Kool
A little while back I bought the Raspberry Pi 3 model B+ I think that was the full title and I got it set up to run retropie. Very easy to do as there are many good tutorials online so anyone can do it if they put their mind to it. Even though mine came with heatsinks, the processor gets VERY hot so just don't put your finger near the processor after playing games even for 30 mins.
I'm still missing any of these tiny PCs to properly run Saturn
E G Saturn emulation is a very hard thing to do. The Saturn had a dual core CPU and was a very advanced console for its time.
@@formerlycringe Actually it had 3 CPUs and 2 GPUs. It used quads as primitives instead of triangles and had other weird architectural choices. The 3D capabilities were an afterthought as Sega still believed 2D games were the future.
@@formerlycringe what diffrent between rassberry pie 3 and 4
gen a Intel Nuc.
@@mowaly64 pi4 has USB 3.0, two micro HDMI, more RAM, and is overall faster.
Ok Spawn Wave I see them big 💪
Frigging bigger than mine!!
That’s some serious playtime lol
Swolewave
My Boy SpawnWave was like "Quick! we're losing them, que the 80's synthesizing music, and let's start the building montage ASAP!" 😆😆😆
Nice TechWave video Jon(SW).
The Raspberry Pi 4 is an awesome piece of Kit.
You can do so much with this little Monster of a Machine and the Price is Top Notch aswell.
Can it run game cube games because I need to 3d print a ”game cube mini ”
Not, not enough power
The word is Dolphin might end up getting ported, but we'll see.
@@SpawnWave that could be very possible due to the source code leak but the people who use the leaked code may get into a lot of legal trouble
@@SpawnWave Theoretically you could run Dolphin on a RPI, provided you install a 64-bit version (Arm8) of it, and create a target for it (enable JIT for ARM64).
in theory and also in beta version it can play game cube games.
Only there is still no stable core for the Game Cube emulator
So sounds like getting the 4 is pretty much a must for retro game builds? I have a pandoras box which is fun but I feel like I'm missing a lot of good stuff
Man, I wish SEGA would start porting Dreamcast games to the Switch already... do you not like money, Sega?!
Theres a lot of thing i wish happened with the switch already . The switch is amazing dont get me wrong but theres so much more that can be done.
Same with more Sega cd games. I know they have night trap and double switch but id love snatcher sonic cd, and popful mail. Hell even bug blasters. It's a guilty pleasure. Lol
Nintendo sega and a bunch of devs "dont like money". The switch is a letdown and an accomplishment at the same time. My wiiu has way more content on it than is even possible to obtain on the more " elite" switch
Cant even send a message to tbe people on your friends list on switch smh
Sai Yan are you sure that you think the Switch is amazing? Because it doesn’t really sound like that’s what you feel haha
Well, sorry to hear you’re having such a lackluster time with it, but I guess not everyone is gonna have the same experience with a console 🤷♂️
@@Metalpug79 i do like it. You can like something but still realize they arent trying that hard.its the only "current gen" console i use. Its like year 3 or 4 i think, and a lot hasnt been done. The success is causing them to get comfortable in my opinion. You cant tell me this thing is better than wiiu in terms of amount of content. I can turn on my wiiu and access all the classics almost for example. Its 2020 theres certain things that should just be expected at this point.
I really love these videos of tech at the core, now this is what I subbed for.
I'm wondering how Retropi handles this, thanks i haven't looked into this for years.
Recently homebrewed my WiiU and have to say this is the ultimate emulator console
how well does it play gamecube games?
@@Cadency very well, i played through resident evil code veronica x on it
@@Cadency GameCube games run natively, so they pretty much all run 100% perfectly.
I think some tiny percentage of games have issues running tho.
What do you use for Arcade emulation? Do you play shmups?
@@niespeludo I haven't tried arcade emulation on my Switch, but I have tried emulating Dreamcast games, starting with MvC2, and the only way I could get a playable framerate (which still stuttered and shit) was by overclocking my Switch to max performance settings. I have started playing through Persona 3 Portable on PPSSPP though, and lemme tell you, it runs like a dream.
I've been running RetroPi few a few days now and he's right - the Pi4 is an absolute monster.
My only issue is that I need to keep it on a small desktop fan to keep it cool, as I'm running it OC'd to 2.1Ghz.
GoldenEye and DK64 are known to be headaches to emulate on any hardware.
it's garbage , any cheap S905 android box is much better and my 2015 fire 7 is much better too
N64 sucks on this device something a seven year old $20 fire tablet handles with no problem
the Pi is just useless , trash WIFI , can't even emulate N64 , over priced since I can get a tablet or 4k fire stick for half the price on BF or prime day , no EMMC so your image will get corrupted
even with the buggy unreliable shut down scripts
they're on number 4 and it's still just a meme , don't even bother wasting your time with this garbage
I have about 20 other much cheaper devices that burry this POS and that is before buying the case and power supply and storage
you end up spending over $100 and still get piss poor performance that can't even rival a 7 year old device
that you could get on sale for $20 SEVEN YEARS AGO!
(grant it I know amazon only sells it so cheap because they expect you to buy their content but still) ,
FFS Eben get it together.
Bought one and will he throwing in my Arcade 1Up
good luck with input lag. Old school games that need precise and lightning fast input are terrible with the rpie. I tried to use for my mame cabinet and had to go with a small form factor PC because the input lag was terrible with a rasberry pi.
great vid! also how did you record your gameplay on the pi?
My attention span only made it through 5 minutes.
I speed up my videos. You should too. LOL
I Splooshed at least 7 times you have sold me on Purchasing one!!!!
I’m just waiting for Retroflag to release a cool pi4 case 😎
I wish they would make cases for the Odroid xu4.
I assume there is no longer any HDMI lag with RetroPie? thanks
There is now an 8GB ram model. Im probably going to try it out.
If you are just using emulation 8 gb isna waste of money honestly
@@AlwaysBolttheBird Not sure what Ill use it for but the cost seems worth it to have the extra memory.
@@steelcityhero1994 I mean completely up to you. If you think you may use it for something else then totally get the more memory but for me I would rather use the saved money for a case or something. Also remember that you need the 64 bit version of the OS and it was having issues with some things I don't know if it's super stable right now
Diggin the case might get this one for my project. Awesome vid as always Spawn. I would just make the back the front since the power button is there anyways.
I love how even though it’s “old” @apple the headphone jack still exist
Yup, that "old" console known as the Nintendo Switch has one of those "old" headphone jacks, lol!
Yeah, it's almost as if people still want them on their computers...
AppleToaster who would? I mean you gotta get them AirPod pros XR plus $700 along with your $700 wheels
@@chen2win ah, you're forgetting the $999 Pro Stand, how else are we supposed to keep the monitor up?
AppleToaster my bad man so you speak Spanish and English?
Hola mi amigo, como estas, buenos noches, I’m chinese I don’t speak much Chinese but I know English and I know some Spanish learning it rn
The raspberry pi 4 with retropie is a work in progress. I have a kit running retropie and emulation station. If you are running hardwired controllers to the usb ports then this thing works great. I found with the new retropie for raspberry pi 4 is buggy in the bluetooth department. I purchased some wireless bluetooth pi game pads, the 8con bluetooth. One controller will not connect, the other does but it causes the pie to lock up on black screen for about 2 minutes when launching a game. After it launches it works. No issues with wired controllers. I cant wait till the get all the bugs worked out.
Anyone else think the theme music he used sounds like legend of dragoon music?
it's kinda dumb that they didn't take the opportunity to put full-size hdmi ports on that breakout board
"Gaming beast"... Spawn, when are you going to check and cover the MiSTer???
Great Tech Wave!